Chapter Summaries

After the beach closed, Qiu Wuji planned to investigate spiritual energy she had sensed in several seashells, while she and Chu Ge enjoyed their first seafood dinner together. They decided to wait until night to return to the beach, and Chu Ge revealed they would stay at a hotel.

• Qiu Wuji said she had collected seashells with traces of spiritual energy and planned to investigate their source underwater that night.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji ate seafood, and Qiu Wuji enthusiastically tried the dishes for the first time.
• Chu Ge wiped sauce from Qiu Wuji's mouth, and she let a neighboring woman photograph them and post the picture online.
• Qiu Wuji asked when they should sneak back to the beach, and Chu Ge said they would stay at a hotel.
• A man at the next table overheard Chu Ge and declared that he had guessed their intentions.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji shared dinner, candied hawthorn, and a twin room at a hot spring hotel, growing closer through their synchronized actions and teasing. When Qiu Wuji announced she would go into the sea that night, Chu Ge insisted on joining her, then finally ruffled her hair and told her she was cuter than the Qiu Wuji he had imagined, leaving her wondering what he meant.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji finished their seafood dinner, and Chu Ge booked them a twin room at a hot spring hotel after Qiu Wuji noticed the price.
• Qiu Wuji bought two candied hawthorn skewers and gave one to Chu Ge as they walked together to the hotel.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji moved in sync at the hotel, confusing the receptionist and drawing amused looks from other guests.
• In the room, Qiu Wuji blamed Chu Ge for distracting her from tasting her candied hawthorn, and he said its sweet-and-sour flavor matched his feelings.
• Qiu Wuji said she would go into the sea that night, and Chu Ge insisted on accompanying her.
• Chu Ge ruffled Qiu Wuji's hair and called her cuter than the Qiu Wuji he had imagined, leaving her stunned.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji went diving to retrieve a spiritual pearl, but an esper ambushed them before they could claim it. Qiu Wuji secured the pearl and turned to Chu Ge, who had taken the attack for her and was still holding her.

• Chu Ge received an invitation from his editor to be interviewed by Writer Assistant, then left the hotel with Qiu Wuji to return to the beach.
• Qiu Wuji taught Chu Ge the Water-Repelling Art, and they dove together toward a source of spiritual energy beneath the sea.
• Qiu Wuji began shifting a reef rock to uncover a glowing pearl, but a hidden attacker struck at her with a water arrow and swept the pearl away.
• Chu Ge shielded Qiu Wuji from the water arrow while she counterattacked and sent the attacker fleeing with an electrical discharge.
• Qiu Wuji recovered the pearl and quietly asked Chu Ge to stop holding her.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji fought together against an ambusher, and he shielded her before she drove the attacker away. Afterward, they recovered at the hotel and separately reflected on how their worlds and roles were drawing closer.

• Chu Ge protected Qiu Wuji from the ambusher, and she defeated the attacker but forgot to pursue the fleeing enemy.
• Qiu Wuji brought Chu Ge ashore, examined his minor injuries, and gave him a clam pearl rich in spiritual energy.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji returned to the hotel to bathe and recover, while Chu Ge's injury began to hurt.
• As they bathed on opposite sides of a glass door, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji each recalled his embrace and thought about how they were stepping into each other's worlds.

Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji shared a hotel room after fighting an underwater enemy, but nothing happened between them. Qiu Wuji returned to her world before dawn, leaving Chu Ge a note that pleased him as he set off for Nanjiang.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji discussed the underwater enemy's strength and agreed Chu Ge should not underestimate future opponents.
• Chu Ge offered Qiu Wuji the clam pearl and asked whether she could stay longer, but she said she was close to a breakthrough and needed to return soon.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji went to bed in the same room, where Qiu Wuji quietly watched him after he fell asleep.
• Chu Ge woke to find Qiu Wuji gone and read her note asking him to pack her clothes and keep her shells safe.
• Chu Ge found Qiu Wuji's message that fighting alongside him had pleased her, then checked out and took an early bus back to Nanjiang.

Chu Ge completed a Writer Assistant interview that sparked teasing in his reader group, while Zhong Yi learned how Zhang Qiren was retaliating against the Wang Family and planned to move that night. The chapter ended with Zhang Qiren reading Chu Ge’s encouraging words about an old flop author and smiling.

• Chu Ge answered questions about persistence and admitted that Qiu Wuji was based on a real woman he was trying to win over.
• Readers shared Chu Ge’s interview and teased him about his love life, his appearance, and his supposed interest in Qiu Wuji.
• Zhong Yi learned that the Black Room’s retaliation had helped drive customers away from the Wang Family’s hotel, while its chef had quietly taken a better job at Zhang Qiren’s nightclub.
• Zhang Qiren explained that he planned to use evidence of the Wang Family’s crimes to bring them down, partly because they had encouraged his brother’s attempt to assassinate him.
• Zhang Qiren said they would make their move that night, then read Chu Ge’s interview and smiled at Chu Ge’s praise of an old flop author.

Chu Ge failed to see Qiu Wuji while awake, but they unexpectedly sensed and spoke to each other across worlds in a dreamlike connection. When Qiu Wuji detected an intruder near Chu Ge’s calligraphy in his living room, their connection vanished, leaving her worried that he was under attack.

• Chu Ge finished writing and running for the day, then went to bed without seeing Qiu Wuji.
• Qiu Wuji worked on her autobiography by moonlight and got stuck on a transition.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji sensed each other across worlds and exchanged playful remarks about teaching and learning to write.
• Qiu Wuji detected an intruder near the calligraphy in Chu Ge’s living room, and the moon’s humanlike presence disappeared.
• Qiu Wuji feared the water esper had found Chu Ge, but she could not send out a split soul because her Divine Soul needed time to recover.

Chu Ge subdued Haidongqing, a water-type Esper Ability user who broke into his home to steal the Clam Pearl, and learned that the Wang Family had hired guards for an expected break-in by Zhang Qiren. Unable to reach Zhang Qiren or Zhong Yi, Chu Ge took Haidongqing with him to the Wang Family headquarters.

• Chu Ge woke to find Haidongqing wandering under the illusion from “Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly” and attacked him with a chair.
• Haidongqing turned into water and tried to suffocate Chu Ge, but Chu Ge repelled him with the Golden Bell Shield and beat him until he surrendered.
• Chu Ge learned Haidongqing had tracked the Clam Pearl’s aura and belonged to the same organization as Wall-Passer.
• Haidongqing revealed that the Wang Family had hired Esper Ability users to guard against Zhang Qiren, who was expected to break in within days.
• Chu Ge tried calling Zhang Qiren and Zhong Yi, got no answer, and ordered Haidongqing to take him to the Wang Family headquarters.

Chu Ge learned that the Wang Family's treasure was the real target of a tangled operation and warned Zhang Qiren, Zhong Yi, and the others. As the teams entered the Wang villa, they split up and began their separate plans, while the Black Room prepared a stink bomb for the hidden room.

• Chu Ge called Lin Wuyang but got no answer, then messaged him, Zhang Qiren, Zhong Yi, Pan Da, and the others with a warning.
• Haidongqing explained that the Wang Family's treasure sustained its espers and that the family's manpower was stretched thin by investigations.
• Zhang Qiren and Zhong Yi received Chu Ge's messages, exchanged an awkward joke, and began moving toward the villa.
• Long Sijia slipped into the villa grounds, knocked out a guard, and let the group inside while Zhang Qiren's subordinate opened the security door.
• Pan Da traced an underground network cable to the hidden room, while Zhang Qiren's red-haired subordinate entered Wang Xiangdong's bedroom and Zhang Qiren quietly left the villa.
• Pan Da opened the hidden-room door, and the proprietress tossed in a stink bomb instead of a flashbang.

Zhang Qiren and the Black Room group attacked the Wang Family to expose its crimes and recover a hidden treasure. After Anvil stole the box, Moon Shadow captured him and gave the box to Chu Ge, leaving Zhang Qiren behind.

• Wang Xiangdong confronted Zhong Yi and the Black Room group, but the proprietress’s Flash Candy threw the fight into chaos.
• Zhang Qiren entered the storeroom, started a fire, and exposed a conflict between the groups guarding a cabinet; Anvil took the box amid the fighting.
• Anvil escaped the burning storeroom, but Zhang Qiren and his men confronted him, and Anvil disabled their guns with his metal-control ability.
• Azhong slowed Anvil with gravity control, and Chu Ge struck him, knocking the box loose for Zhang Qiren to grab.
• A shadow took the box from Zhang Qiren and wounded Anvil, then Moon Shadow arrived, bound Anvil, and handed the box to Chu Ge for one month of study.

Long Sijia stole the Wang Family’s secret ledgers, allowing Lin Wuyang’s police to raid the villa and arrest the criminals. After the operation, Chu Ge reunited with Qiu Wuji, who confessed how long and worried her time away had felt, and he embraced her.

• Long Sijia carried the safe out of the villa, but Wang Xiangdong stopped the wind and nearly sent him onto the iron railings until Zhong Yi helped him glide to safety.
• Lin Wuyang’s police surrounded the villa, secured the safe, arrested people, and rescued those caught in the spreading fire.
• Pan Da and the Black Room group confronted Zhang Qiren, then accepted his offer of compensation and left after Zhong Yi challenged his resolve.
• Chu Ge brought Haidongqing to Lin Wuyang to turn himself in, then hurried away to make his writing deadline.
• Qiu Wuji met Chu Ge on the hillside and told him she had spent an extra day trapped and had been deeply worried about him.
• Chu Ge asked to hug Qiu Wuji, then embraced her before she could answer.

After reuniting with Qiu Wuji, Chu Ge recovered at home while she cooked and pushed him to write. Over lunch, they discussed his weak combat experience and the cultivation path he should pursue, leaving him ready to focus on mental mystic arts.

• Qiu Wuji hugged Chu Ge after finding him safe, then dragged him home by the ear when he tried to kiss her.
• Chu Ge woke late and discovered Qiu Wuji had uploaded a chapter of her autobiography using his author dashboard.
• Qiu Wuji cooked while ordering Chu Ge to write a real update, but he produced only a chapter heading before she dragged him to lunch.
• Qiu Wuji criticized Chu Ge for rushing into danger and explained that he lacked combat experience despite his strong defensive techniques.
• Qiu Wuji offered to train Chu Ge in combat and explained that she had delayed teaching him a core cultivation method because her specialty was sword cultivation.
• Chu Ge decided to focus first on mental mystic arts, drawing on the Heaven-Changing Earth-Shifting Great Method.

Qiu Wuji examined a strange grain of sea sand that could help Chu Ge practice the Heaven-Changing Earth-Shifting Great Method, but he refused to use it until she was comfortable with the idea. They stored the sand and returned to writing, leaving their domestic partnership warm and settled.

• Qiu Wuji suggested Tianshan Plum-Blossom-Hand as a technique for Chu Ge, then examined the metal box he had received.
• Qiu Wuji opened the box and found a grain of sea sand with an uncanny, mind-affecting sense of immense space within it.
• Qiu Wuji explained that the sand could help Chu Ge practice the Heaven-Changing Earth-Shifting Great Method, but Chu Ge declined to begin until she could learn more about the technique.
• Qiu Wuji concealed the sand with a Mystic Art and put the Clam Pearl in the box for safekeeping.
• After dinner, Chu Ge resumed writing while Qiu Wuji tidied up, made tea, and worked beside him.

A photo of Chu Ge wiping Qiu Wuji’s mouth went viral, drawing teasing from his author group, readers, and Lin Wuyang. Chu Ge told Qiu Wuji he wanted the world to know he was courting her, but left the decision about going public to her.

• Qiu Wuji posted a voice-over in her story to feed a mole false information while planning to ambush Yan Qianlie.
• An author shared a popular photo of Chu Ge wiping Qiu Wuji’s mouth, and other authors recognized Chu Ge in it.
• Chu Ge’s reader group and Lin Wuyang also saw the photo and teased him about courting Qiu Wuji.
• Chu Ge asked Qiu Wuji whether she wanted him to deny the relationship or tell everyone she was his Qiu Wuji.

After Chu Ge openly admitted to pursuing Qiu Wuji, their friends and online observers treated them as a couple, prompting Qiu Wuji to insist they were innocent. She began teaching him the Tianshan Plum-Blossom-Hand, but their training ended with Chu Ge briefly pinning her before she effortlessly subdued him again.

• Chu Ge told the Friendly Fire group that Qiu Wuji was the person who inspired his character and that he wanted to pursue her.
• The group teased Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji as a couple, calling her his sis-in-law and dubbing their relationship “The Sweetest Love of Early Autumn.”
• Qiu Wuji put aside Chu Ge’s plan to write and began teaching him the Tianshan Plum-Blossom-Hand in the living room.
• Qiu Wuji twisted Chu Ge’s arm behind his back and pinned him down, explaining that the first form stopped improper thoughts.
• Chu Ge surprised Qiu Wuji by flipping her over and pinning her, but when he leaned toward her, she reversed the hold and subdued him.
• As Qiu Wuji held Chu Ge down, she blushed and wondered what would happen if he became strong enough to hold her against her will.

Qiu Wuji trained Chu Ge in the Tianshan Plum-Blossom-Hand, then asked him to help with a writing problem in her autobiography. Chu Ge taught her how to bridge abrupt plot points, and Qiu Wuji left promising to beat him tomorrow after he demanded a shoulder massage.

• Qiu Wuji taught Chu Ge the Tianshan Plum-Blossom-Hand by imprinting its techniques in his mind, then sparred with him until he learned a complicated move.
• After training, Qiu Wuji brought Chu Ge tea and reminded him that he had promised to teach her to write.
• Qiu Wuji explained that she struggled to connect two events in her first-person autobiography without boring readers with uneventful travel and daily life.
• Chu Ge taught Qiu Wuji to foreshadow the coming incident in her memoir, letting her describe ordinary days while building readers' anticipation.
• Chu Ge joked that Qiu Wuji should refuse to teach him unless he massaged her shoulders, and she stormed away, threatening to beat him up the next day.

Chu Ge collected his reward and learned that Zhang Qiren was leaving for Japan, prompting him to reflect on the life and love they might have had as writers. The chapter ended with Chu Ge wishing Zhang Qiren a safe trip and noticing Moon Shadow waiting nearby.

• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji saw readers arguing over the publicity surrounding Chu Ge’s novel, and Qiu Wuji managed the comments.
• Chu Ge collected a hundred thousand yuan at the police station while Lin Wuyang discussed the ongoing Wang Family case and his possible promotion.
• Lin Wuyang told Chu Ge that Zhang Qiren was preparing to work abroad, and Chu Ge messaged Zhang to confirm he was going to Japan.
• Chu Ge and Zhang Qiren joked about romance and writers finding beauties in books, then Chu Ge wished him a safe trip.
• Chu Ge turned and saw Moon Shadow standing quietly in the shadow of a nearby corner.

After Moon Shadow explained why she had let Zhang Qiren go abroad, Chu Ge returned home feeling gloomy until Qiu Wuji’s warmth lifted his spirits. They discussed the world and promised to travel together someday, while Chu Ge admitted he cared about her too much to make a promise.

• Moon Shadow told Chu Ge she was staying in Nanjiang to help with the Wang Family case and explained that she had let Zhang Qiren leave because arresting him might make him hate the people who had saved her.
• Chu Ge rode home in a somber mood, then encountered Qiu Wuji, whose smile immediately cheered him.
• Qiu Wuji told Chu Ge she had bought fruit after Mengmeng explained its benefits, and they laughed about how few countries they had created in their respective stories.
• Qiu Wuji said she wanted to learn about other places and suggested that they travel abroad together someday after Chu Ge finished his book.
• Chu Ge hesitated to make a promise because he cared about Qiu Wuji too much, so she stopped laughing and put an apple in his mouth.

After Chu Ge hugged Qiu Wuji in a burst of fear at the thought of losing her, the two cautiously returned to their work and found a quiet way to reconnect. Qiu Wuji treated his injury and massaged his temples, leaving Chu Ge blissfully speechless as they postponed discussing her writing questions.

• Chu Ge hugged Qiu Wuji from behind while she cooked, and she stopped herself from attacking him despite injuring him with an elbow.
• Qiu Wuji let Chu Ge hold her until his anxiety eased, then told him to tend to his injury and finish his writing quota.
• Chu Ge completed his ten-thousand-word quota while Qiu Wuji struggled to write her autobiography and worried about asking him for advice.
• Chu Ge used a question about healing Mystic Arts as an excuse to talk with Qiu Wuji, who examined and treated his injury.
• Qiu Wuji explained that ordinary experiences from her time in a town had inspired her cultivation but seemed too dull to write about, then massaged Chu Ge's temples and suggested they talk after dinner.

Chu Ge advised Qiu Wuji on improving her writing while she massaged his temples, then took her out to eat. At McDonald's, fans recognized them, and Qiu Wuji promoted their novel before revealing that it had returned to the bestseller top ten.

• Chu Ge explained that writing about ordinary things well required practice and suggested Qiu Wuji read accomplished prose writers.
• Qiu Wuji accepted that she needed more study and asked whether she could skip a difficult passage in her side story.
• Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji went to McDonald's, where Qiu Wuji discussed nutrition and praised the balanced meals she prepared for his cultivation.
• Schoolgirls recognized Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji as the Seaside Early Autumn couple, and Qiu Wuji agreed to let them post photos if they promoted the novel.
• Qiu Wuji showed Chu Ge that his novel had returned to the bestseller top ten and told him that, in her heart, he deserved to be number one.